Attorney General Merrick Garland reiterates 'no person' is above the law amid pressure to charge former Pres. Trump over last year's Capitol riot.
U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks following a briefing on the progress of the one year anniversary of the launch of the Department's regional firearms trafficking strike forces to address violent crime, at the Department of Justice in Washington, July 20, 2022.
"We have to hold accountable every person who is criminally responsible for trying to overturn a legitimate election, and we must do it in a way filled with integrity and professionalism," Garland added. U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks following a briefing on the progress of the one year anniversary of the launch of the Department's regional firearms trafficking strike forces to address violent crime, at the Department of Justice in Washington, July 20, 2022.over contempt of Congress charges, pleading not guilty to allegations that he willfully did not comply with a House Jan. 6 committee subpoena.
And as a matter of policy, federal prosecutors take precautions when investigating candidates for office, as they do not want their work to influence elections -- though there are exceptions, including with Hillary Clinton, who in turn criticized the choice for the DOJ to speak publicly amid her 2016 campaign since she was never accused of a crime.
"Trump was told the mob was armed. He sent them to the Capitol to kill us. He wanted to go into the House Chamber to overturn the election. He assaulted a Secret Service agent who told him no. He must be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the…law," Rep. Jim McGovern, D-Mass.,U.S.
"But I know that there's a great public hunger for individual criminal accountability, and I've got confidence in the Department of Justice, in Attorney General Merrick Garland, to do the right thing in terms of making all the difficult decisions about particular cases," he continued then.
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